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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lorenzo Turturro (ranked 1063 p4p, 33 weight class) and Irvine Kinneas (ranked 2436 p4p, 70 weight class). Kinneas has chosen Judas Priest - Electric Eye as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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218 lbs
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215 lbs
25 - 11 - 1 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lorenzo Turturro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Irvine Kinneas!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kinneas lands a lovely overhand right.
Kinneas lands with a shot to the body.
Kinneas moves out of range as Turturro strikes.
Turturro staying out of range there.
Turturro takes a swing at Kinneas's ribcage but misses.
Turturro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A leg kick checked by Turturro.
Turturro throws the left hand but Kinneas avoids the punch easily.
Turturro misses with a wild body shot.
Kinneas throws a hook to the side of Turturro's head but Turturro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A combination from Kinneas does no damage.
Kinneas avoids the body shot from Turturro.
Turturro checks a low kick from Kinneas.
Turturro just misses with a punch to the body.
Kinneas misses with the body kick
and Turturro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Turturro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kinneas.
Kinneas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kinneas throws the kick towards the body but Turturro avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Turturro misses the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kinneas scores with a push kick.
Kinneas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Turturro to score with a decent uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinneas looks to throw the jab but Turturro is out of range.
Turturro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kinneas throws an overhand right that lands on Turturro's shoulder, as Turturro tries to avoid the shot.
Turturro is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheers as Kinneas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Turturro doesn't seem phased though.
Turturro misses with a wild body shot.
Turturro misses with a body punch
and Kinneas counters with a nice kick to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Turturro as he connects with a hook.
Kinneas lands a high kick!
Turturro moves out of range as Kinneas strikes.
Turturro throws out a powerful jab.
Kinneas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Turturro misses with a wild body shot.
Kinneas scores with a kick to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kinneas scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kinneas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kinneas is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Turturro with a body shot.
Kinneas wants to slow Turturro down by chopping away at his legs.
Turturro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kinneas loads up on a big right hand but Turturro slips the punch.
Kinneas sizes up Turturro with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turturro scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Turturro swings for the body but Kinneas moves out of range.
Kinneas cracks Turturro with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Kinneas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turturro.
Turturro misses with a looping right.
Turturro lunges at Kinneas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kinneas's hand.
Kinneas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Turturro to score with a decent uppercut.
Kinneas throws a low kick, looking for Turturro's leg but Turturro calmly moves out of range.
Kinneas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Turturro lands a jab to Kinneas's midsection.
Kinneas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Turturro lands with a good body shot.
A slow jab from Turturro misses its intended target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kinneas feints and then cracks Turturro's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Turturro down.
Turturro lands a slapping body shot.
Kinneas throws a low kick but Turturro avoids it.
Kinneas swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Irvine Kinneas will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Turturro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kinneas.
Turturro takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Turturro takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kinneas connects with a crisp jab.
Kinneas takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kinneas does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Kinneas misses with a straight right.
Turturro walks into a stiff left hand from Kinneas.
Good shot there by Kinneas.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kinneas. Turturro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turturro is looking to wear down Kinneas with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kinneas throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Turturro just misses with a punch to the body.
Kinneas walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turturro looks to land a right hand but Kinneas moved out of range.
Turturro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Turturro misses.
Turturro scores with a nice head shot.
Turturro avoids the head kick by Kinneas.
Turturro lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Kinneas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Turturro doesn't seem phased though.
Turturro digs a good hook to Kinneas's body.
Kinneas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turturro throws out the jab.
Turturro fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Turturro throws a hook but Kinneas blocks it.
Kinneas looks for the body kick but Turturro saw that one coming.
Turturro ducks under a wild hook from Kinneas.
Kinneas throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Turturro slips a straight right by Kinneas.
Turturro scores with a nice head shot.
Kinneas avoids the body shot from Turturro.
Nice defenses there by Kinneas.
Turturro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turturro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kinneas slips a straight right by Turturro.
Kinneas throws an overhand right that lands on Turturro's shoulder, as Turturro tries to avoid the shot.
Turturro swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Lorenzo Turturro is winning the standup battle so far.
Turturro throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kinneas moves out of range of the strikes.
Kinneas shapes to counter with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Turturro, as that shot connected.
Turturro throws a jab but it's blocked by Kinneas.
Kinneas defending well as Turturro loads up on a big left hand.
A little jabbing left from Kinneas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kinneas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kinneas replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Turturro blocks it well.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kinneas.
Kinneas looks to throw a body kick
and Turturro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Turturro lands a nice looking body shot.
Kinneas tries to bum rush Turturro with a series of wild strikes but Turturro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kinneas throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lorenzo Turturro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kinneas misses with a low kick.
Kinneas misses with a body shot
and Turturro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Turturro moves out of range as Kinneas throws a body kick.
Turturro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kinneas! But no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turturro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turturro moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Turturro punishes Kinneas's body with a nice straight punch.
Kinneas misses with a leg kick.
Kinneas throws the kick towards the body but Turturro avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Turturro dominated that second round.
That's time! Turturro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Turturro misses the jab.
Kinneas on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kinneas throws the kick towards the body but Turturro avoids it.
Kinneas throws a hook to the side of Turturro's head but Turturro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kinneas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Turturro avoids the head kick by Kinneas.
Kinneas attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kinneas lands a nice looking body shot.
Kinneas throws a hook but Turturro blocks it.
Kinneas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kinneas throws a hook but Turturro blocks it.
Turturro swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Turturro scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turturro. Kinneas does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kinneas pivots, looking for a leg kick but Turturro is out of range and Kinneas settles back down.
Nice body kick from Kinneas.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kinneas.
Turturro moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turturro throws a body shot but no joy.
Turturro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kinneas moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinneas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turturro.
Turturro takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Turturro fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kinneas on the side of the head.
Kinneas throws a jab but it's blocked by Turturro.
Turturro avoids a kick to the body.
Turturro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kinneas.
Turturro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kinneas moves away.
Kinneas tries to counter by closing the distance.
Kinneas avoids the body shot from Turturro.
Nice body kick there by Kinneas.
Turturro throws a body shot but no joy.
Kinneas swinging wildly here.
Turturro lands a nice looking body shot.
Turturro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turturro lands a slapping body shot.
Kinneas throws a head kick that misses
and Turturro counters with a left to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turturro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kinneas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kinneas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turturro lands a slapping body shot.
Kinneas throws a right hand that Turturro ducks under and follows up with a left that Turturro also avoids with ease.
Kinneas connects with a nice looking jab.
Kinneas walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kinneas missing with a left hand there. Turturro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kinneas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turturro.
A swing and a miss from Turturro.
Kinneas misses with a body kick.
Turturro misses with an uppercut. Kinneas saw that one coming.
Turturro lands a body shot.
Turturro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kinneas is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Turturro with a body shot.
Kinneas cracks Turturro with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kinneas connects with a leg kick. Turturro looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Turturro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Turturro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kinneas moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lorenzo Turturro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Turturro has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lorenzo Turturro!
A less than humble Lorenzo Turturro misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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